Curtain



H. B. SELKOWE June 5, 1951 CURTAIN Filed June 24, '1948 Patented June 5, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CURTAIN Henry B. Selkowe, New York, N. Y.

Application June 24, 1948, Serial No. 34,890

3 Claims.

The objects of my invention are: to improve the `edges of curtains; to provide means whereby the vertical edges of curtains may hang or drape in plumb; to provide a channel, trough or inverted fold of cloth at the edge of said curtains; to provide within, and at the inner crease of said channel, trough or inverted fold a filler in the form of a cord or braid; to provide for the retention of said ller within and against the inner channel fold or crease; to provide for the retention of said filler against the inner channel fold or crease and for the retention of the channel, trough or inverted fold by a line of stitching along the side of the cord or filler parallel to the edge of the curtain and parallel to the inner channel fold or crease and the edge of said curtain; to provide a curtain hem consisting of four layers of cloth in conjunction with a cord or braid filler.

The further objects of my invention are to provide a decorative hem; to provide by means of the several folds of cloth, additional body to the hem; to provide by means of the several folds of cloth, the invisibility of said ller.

These features of my invention are set forth herein; reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. l is a view of segments of a curtain, illustrating the character of the channeled edge and filler combination forming the subject of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of the hem, enlarged, demonstrating the arrangement of the channel and the enclosing of the filler.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional View on line y-y of Figure 2 demonstrating the channel at the edge and envelopment of the filler by said channel.

In Fig. l, a form of curtain is indicated at I which may be hung from a rod 2, in any usual or effective manner, with or without ruffles or heading 3. The side or the marginal edge of the curtain is indicated at 4 and consists of a turned under portion la of the material of the curtain so that it forms a trough or channel whose depth is at lb and then turned back at the crest lc which is coterminous with the marginal edge 4 formed by the crests la and lc of the trough or channel; the free end 5 of the same being simply turned in as indicated at B and held to the body of the curtain by a row of stitches as indicated at 1.

Within the channel or trough la, lb, Ic formed at the marginal edge 4 of the curtain, I introduce a cord or other similar element indicated at 8 or relatively rigid material of any suitable character, which is non-shrinkable or shrinkable proportionally to the materials used.

The cord or filler is arranged at the base of the trough or channel lb as indicated in Fig. 3 and is enveloped by the crests of the trough or channel la and Ic and retained in position by a line of stitching 9 passing through the marginal edge 4 formed by the crests of the trough or channel la and Ic, which parallels the line formed by the 2 depth of the trough Ib and the marginal edges of the curtain I.

Figure 3 shows a cross-section of Figure 2 taken along the line y-y and shows the cord or ller anchored against the base of the trough or channel Ib and enveloped by the crests la and lc of the trough, forming the marginal edge 4 and held in place by a line of stitching 9, and the free edge turned under as indicated in 6 and held to the body of the curtain by a row of stitches indicated at 1.

I claim:

l. An article of manufacture comprising a curtain structure provided with a trough at the vertical edge with the open side of the trough facing outward toward said edge, a continuous filler held in the trough by a line of stitching at the outer side thereof between the filler and the free edge and parallel to the base of the trough, and the opposite side edges of the trough being formed by the material of the curtain being folded upon itself and arranged with the folded portions side by side and extending outwardly from the filler with the folded edges forming the free edge of the curtain.

2. An article of manufacture comprising a curtain structure the marginal edge portion of which is folded upon itself with the edge of the fold turned inwardly forming a trough with its open side facing outwardly, a cord or similar filler in the trough, aline of stitching along the outer side of the filler between the filler and the free edge of the curtain closing the open side of the trough to retain the filler therein, and a second line of stitching spaced from and on the opposite side of the ller fastening the free edge of the folded over portion to the body of the curtain.

3. An article of manufacture comprising a curtain structure the marginal edge portion of which is folded upon itself with the edge of the fold turned inwardly forming a trough with its open side facing outwardly, a cord or similar ller in the trough, the edges of the curtain at the open side of the trough being folded upon themselves with the two folds lying side by side and extending outwardly from the filler to form a free edge, a line of stitching spaced inwardly from said free edge and along the side of the filler closing the trough and holding said folded portions in the side by side arrangement, and a second line of stitching spaced inwardly from the filler securing the free edge of the folded over portion to the body of the curtain.

HENRY B. SELKOWE.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Loeb June 1.0, 1941 Number 

